The Center for Racial Justice is very proud to sponsor the Possibilities of Palestinian Refusal: Against Disciplining Knowledge and Movement series. Please join us for the following event “PYM: 20 Years in the Making”.

2026 marks 20 years since the creation of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM). Its origins, trajectories, and goals have intervened in critical moments of recent Palestinian history and have shifted through transforming conditions for Palestinians, mobilization efforts, and learning from the collective work itself. This panel honors PYM’s 20 year history and gives insights into the various stages of organizing and movement building, speaks to the ebbs and flows of collective organizing, and looks both transnationally and locally through the recounting of PYM. From its founding to a glimpse of the future, this panel will share the reflections of the past 2 decades of PYM life.

This panel features three former and current PYM members who have been heavily involved in PYM’s development throughout different stages.

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Racial Justice, Palestinian Youth Movement, and CRES